Word
Eu vou tentar ficar menos ansioso antes da reunião online.
Meaning
I will try to be less anxious before the online meeting.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of Eu vou tentar ficar menos ansioso antes da reunião online.
eu
I
ir
to go (future auxiliary)
tentar
to try
antes
before
Questions & Answers about Eu vou tentar ficar menos ansioso antes da reunião online.
Why does Portuguese use vou tentar (literally “I go to try”) instead of a simple “I will try”?
In Brazilian Portuguese, a very common way to form the near future is ir (present) + infinitive: vou + tentar = I’m going to try / I’ll try. It often feels more natural in everyday speech than the simple future (tentarei), which can sound more formal or emphatic.
Can I drop Eu and just say Vou tentar ficar menos ansioso…?
Yes. Portuguese often omits the subject pronoun because the verb already shows who the subject is. Vou clearly indicates I, so Vou tentar… is extremely common and natural.
Why are there two verbs in a row: tentar ficar?
Because tentar is followed by an infinitive to say “try to do something.” Here the “something” is ficar menos ansioso (“to become less anxious”). So the structure is:
- tentar + infinitive → tentar ficar, tentar fazer, tentar falar, etc.
Does ficar here mean “to stay” or “to become”?